quote of the week
“every day seems a little longer; every way loves a little stronger; come what may”
-buddy holly vis-a-vis fiona apple & jon brion
anyways, musings
speedround! maybe vote for whichever one you want a full write-out on?
what is the optimal amount of luck in a game that is not luckless? another way of phrasing this is: how often does the player who played better win? i’ve been thinking about this a lot watching the pokemon world championship and reflecting on my debate days. both formats feature randomness (by design, in the case of pokemon, and inevitably, in the case of debate). how often does the “better” player or debater win? what is a fair target? 90%? 75%? if you want 100%, just play chess.
rip to beatking a classic “stay in your lane and dominate it” rapper from the northside of houston texas. i almost made the quote of the week “sometimes you gotta throw the whole bitch away” in his honor, but i feared what a lack of context would do to such a profound observation.
the value of kant’s critique of pure reason lies in the fact that it essentially proves what is already the general consensus (things do not exist without our perception, but our perception of said things is based on some reality). this is underrated since extremes are often much easier to prove!
i often wonder if philosophy is a leading indicator/cause or a lagging indicator/result of the times. did kant change history by proving common sense or was he just reflecting what the masses had settled on? did baudrillard and deleuze lead to our current semiocapitalist existence or did they simply emerge from the same ww2 malaise that would influence oth trajectories?
this wondering is probably quite unique to me
okay last one but ive been thinking lots about “there is no unhappy revolution” because it is weirdly between a doomed descriptive (the ressentiment of existing life cannot result) but also a wise prescriptive (the revolution should not be joyless to its participants). at least i think. i haven’t read the book.
what i’m listening to
beach house complete discography - beach house
sci fi - ornette coleman
modern zydeco
last great american bar scene - zach bryan
“nobody is ever ready for love” - acid horizon
look guys it’s rare that i recommend a podcast i hate admitting i listen to them sometimes (probably too often) but even though this is three dudes talking about love i actually found it quite insightful and inspiring idk maybe i’ve ruined it by trying to justify it but try?
what i’m reading
critique of pure reason - immanuel kant
critique of pure reason reader - routledge
the topeka school - ben lerner
what i liked this week
visit from my love and some sub-likes based on that large like
wanting and being wanted
holding distinct hands
dancing and carrying the section
falling to my knees this is my 9/11 some people are saying shee foo
matching
plotting
etc
red hook roving
this couple who owned the record shop were dancing and i was watching as one does with dancers and they stopped and stared at me and i said “well don’t stop for me” and they didn’t
E brought carrot cupcakes yum
new fridge (not to be confused with new freezer, which is a song i am mostly ambivalent to, though i do hold it is much better than plug walk, even though the new fridge did in fact contain a new freezer)
that my “what im reading” list is the exact same as it was last week!
baby carrots (big week for carrots ig)
hard trick room teams in the pokemon world championships
nine am nowies
a poem by me
what in going is lost
i. getting to know you could be – going, that cavalier, that muzzle – slashing, laying the rope of asterisks named otherwise: constellations the cone warps and drinks what raucous residue slums to remain. big fan. ii. i can’t miss your conclusions, but can miss meandering, barreling, tracing toward with the assured disasterology of a teen who has just discovered a thesaurus. if you were quicker on your feet you may have managed to land a barb coated in truth like: you love the process more than me. so much “in going” lost, so much jingoistic purpose of praise the road and the rail, the one original idea the meth odology ever had, that hand holding singularity. in baby voice no poise. iii. okay, but i loved your process mostly like. i let the coast kiss my shoulders with salt. with the holds are over. tidings. that’s a shame that'll last to the hours scratched
Your love votes for #5!!! Or 4…. Or 2… or 3…. Or 1…..
I vote for #1 and also I really enjoy acid horizon too !